After a woman was shot dead "Editorial Board" In Idlib..displaced people are rising up against it

Displaced people in Idlib countryside rise up, “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham”

• A displaced woman was killed with severe injuries on Thursday, after she was targeted by the bullets of “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham”
• Subsequently, the residents of the camp near the crossing attacked a security checkpoint and Deir Ballut crossing, which is controlled by HTS.
• They burned several caravans and tents in which security forces are stationed for Tahrir al-Sham

A displaced woman was severely wounded on Thursday, after she was targeted by gunfire “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham” (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra), near the Deir Ballut crossing, north of Idlib governorate, while transporting diesel fuel from the “Olive Branch” area, which is controlled by the “National Opposition Army” to the Idlib area, which is controlled by “Tahrir al-Sham.” Fuel from the areas of the National Army to Idlib is illegal and illegal and comes within the framework of “smuggling”.

Subsequently, the residents of the camp near the crossing attacked a security checkpoint and Deir Ballut crossing, which is controlled by HTS, and burned several caravans and tents in which Tahrir al-Sham security forces were stationed. Civilians, and beating them, including a media activist who was covering the event. In addition, a child was shot by HTS members during the storming of the camps.

The young woman who was shot dead “Tahrir al-Sham” She is Fatima Abdel Rahman al-Hamid, 28 years old, a widow with four orphaned children, displaced from the town of Sfuhun in the southern countryside of Idlib. She was injured on Thursday afternoon, after being directly targeted by HTS members near the Deir Ballut crossing, while transporting material The fuel oil is from the (Olive Branch) area, which is controlled by the National Army, to the Idlib area.”

In an exclusive interview with Akhbar Al-Aan with the people of Atma camp near the Deir Ballut crossing, the site of Thursday’s accident, Umm Hassan, who works in smuggling fuel to earn her livelihood, says that she has been living in Atma camp for three years with her young children after her husband was killed due to the war. She is a widow, and according to her, she does not have a helper for her and her family, and from where can she get bread to live for her children, and she says I go to get diesel for my children to bring bread to them, and this woman who was killed yesterday, what is her fault!! Isn’t it forbidden and she was killed at the expense of whom? Being the victim

According to her, she speaks in her name and on behalf of all the displaced here, because they do not get anything, and what prompted them to work in smuggling fuel is the need for a loaf of bread for the children.

Umm Hassan adds that she does not have any helper to provide her with assistance, neither a brother nor a relative, and this is what prompted her to work in smuggling diesel, and as she says that there is a large percentage of people working in smuggling diesel from the camp residents in order to obtain funds to support themselves, and according to her saying that they are at risk in return for Between 30 and 40 Turkish lira only, which is the price of bread for children.

According to her, the work takes place at night, and the matter is very frightening, as she confirms that her children fell twice between the dirt berms at night between the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham checkpoint and the National Army, and that day they were exposed to great danger. Despite that, she said, they are forced to pour diesel fuel on the road, burn it in front of them, and beat them back to their homes, and according to her, what the “Tahrir al-Sham” elements do is purely forbidden because the civilians are finally displaced from camp to camp and orphaned children, and all this with the aim of securing a living.

Meanwhile, the displaced Abu Ahmed, who refused to give his name for fear of “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham”, says that the residents of Atma camp are a very large family that lives from a small relief basket, which is never enough, and they are five people.

Abu Ahmed adds that he and his family collect firewood from the mountains to warm the children, and these conditions prompted the women and small children to go to the Deir Ballut crossing, carrying at least five liters of diesel fuel that the women and children carry in order to earn ten Turkish liras, or less than one dollar, to buy bread from them and feed them. Children, but what happened on Thursday was that a woman was killed and all her fault was that she wanted to feed her hungry children by selling diesel.

It should be noted that HTS continues its military and civilian hegemony through the “Salvation Government” over the Idlib region, controlling the border crossings, the economy in the region, monopolizing all commodities, foodstuffs and fuel and controlling their prices, in addition to imposing royalties and taxes on the owners of companies and professions, in light of The living conditions of the majority of the region’s residents deteriorated and the unemployment rate increased significantly compared to previous years.